- Description
- Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that. Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too. He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.) His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)
![. . . So there’s a site called Hillarymen.com — a site produced by men who will proudly do anything, on the theory that “politics is war without bullets,” to defend […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Hillary-in-Blue-115x115.jpg "They Said “Tempted by Power, Joe Biden Takes a Reckless, Legacy-Wrecking Swipe at Hillary.” Oof!")
![. . . Vern has offered up a liveblog along with his analysis of Saturday’s debate among the four announced candidates in CA-46. This post aims at getting deeper into the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/CA-46-Dems-Look-to-the-Left-600-px-115x115.jpg "CA-46 Debate: All of the Democratic Candidates Look to the Left")
![. . . We’re close, now, to seeing whether the Anaheim Districting process is going to have a smooth glide path to completion or will hit major turbulence on the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Krings-house-bound-for-whiter-ground-115x115.jpg "Anaheim Public Hearings on Districts Set for 10/20, 11/17, and 12/8; This First One May Be Decisive")
![. . . NOTE: First Congressional District 46 Debate, sponsored by LULAC and the NAACP, will take place tomorrow from 11 to 1 in Garden Grove, 11277 Garden Grove Blvd. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Brandman-Betrayal-full-mailer-600-px-115x115.jpg "CA-46 Debate Preview: Are Correa’s Endorsements *Endorsements* or Mere “Correa Endorsements”?")
![. . . The Fairview Community Church’s Rev. Sarah Halverson — who was my pick to give President Obama’s invocation at his second inaugural, after the original choice proved unsuitable […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/halverson-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Rev. Sarah Halverson Invites All to Fairview Church’s 2015 ‘Beacon of Light’ Awards Program")
![. . . Tonight, at long last, is the first of six scheduled Democratic Presidential debates. Enjoy one of the few that will be set for a weeknight; most of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Hillary-Will-You-Still-Love-Us-Tomorrow-115x115.png "LIVEBLOG NOW: As Debate Approaches, Democratic Left Wonders about Hillary’s ‘Authenticity’ and Reliability")
![. . . With Bakersfield’s Kevin McCarthy out of the picture (and possibly in more serious trouble than that if the rumors of a long-term affair with another GOP representative […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Speaker-Offerings-Dana-Issa-Royce-and-Mimi-115x115.png "With McCarthy Out, Why Not a Speaker of the House from Orange County?")
![. . . WELCOME, ORANGE JUICE BLOG READERS! WE HAVE A NEW EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BRETT MURDOCK — CLICK HERE TO READ IT! I’ve been sitting on this information for […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Brett-Murdock-e1443721858605-115x115.jpg "Brett Murdock to Challenge Ed Royce for Congress: Democrats Get the Guy They Wanted")
![. . . I love a good social science study. This one, published a week ago in Science, is one that you should all want to read. It’s one […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Income-Inequality-Map-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: Do Elite Democrats Care More Than Republicans about Income Inequality? Read on!")
![. . . It’s a great day — or a horrific day, or perhaps a bit of both — for Alta California (aka “California.”) The founding figure (Non-Explorer Division) of our […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Serra-Statue-115x115.jpg "Serra Smile: Do Critics of St. Junipero’s Canonization Have a Strong Point?")
![. . . This post is in two parts. Only the most curious or masochistic among you will feel any need to read the second one; it’s only here because […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Cupcake-map-e1442936773634-115x115.jpg "Why Didn’t Chumley Accept My Invitation to Fight for the Judges’ “Recommended Plan”?")
![. . . Today is hot. Tomorrow is supposed to edge into triple digits. You are sick of summer and want someplace to go. Here are some suggestions. (1) Head […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/hula-hedges-115x115.png "Some Cool Events for a Hot Weekend (API Fest and Hedges’s Call for ‘Revolt’)")
![. . . OJB has been monitoring its underground communications all week and we have no indication of any protests at the Anaheim Marriott. Repeat, no indications of any protests. We can’t […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Nixon-in-1952-red-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: CRP is All Over Anaheim Its State Convention")
![. . . Anaheim map-maker Oscar Reyes, whose submitted map is now the official recommendation of the panel of judges, has a post up on Chumley’s painful blog; I’m […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Chuchua-and-Chumley-115x115.jpg "Chumley’s Misguided Views on Sticking Arms Up Other People’s Asses to Make Them Talk")
You are such a pushover Vern.